dispositio Latin · revision 9486

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪs.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dis.poˈs̬it.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dispositiō''' ''f'' (genitive dispositiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dispōnō]] “to arrange, set in order” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨dispōnō⟩ is from [[dis-]] and [[pōnō]] “to place”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', which he dates 86/82 BC, and Lewis & Short cite it and Cicero's ''De inventione'' for the arrangement of a speech.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was an arrangement, a regular disposition, in oratory the ordering of the arguments, as in Cicero and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''; and a spatial arrangement, layout, formation, as in Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Seneca also uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Christian and Medieval Latin it was a state, plan; organisation, government, administration; divine providence, destiny; a decree, regulation; and the provision of a will.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also in rhetoric, logic and mathematics.^(DMLBS) [[en|disposition]] (late 14th century, “ordering, management”, and “tendency of mind”) came through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of oratory.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of layout.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''disposition'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An arrangement, ''(rhetoric)'' the ordering of a speech.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A layout, formation.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|providence|alt=Providence]]; government, administration.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A decree; a [[m|en|provision]] of a will.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dispōnō]]

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[en|disposition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}